Figure 1.--We are unsure about the actual name of the primary school, but we know it was in Poplar, a neigborhood in the London East End. It may have been an Anglican COE school. Here we have a group of children celebrating some event. Given their age and the way they are dressed up, it may be a First Communion group. Most of the boys are wearing suits. We see both single and double-breasted jaxkets as well as some American-style junior Eton jackets. Notice the sashes and medals. The postcard-back portait is undated, but we would guess the early-1930s.

We are unsure about the actual name of the primary school, but we know it was in Poplar, a neigborhood in the London East End. It may have been an Anglican COE school. Poplar is best known today as the setting for the popular 'Call the midwives' TV series. We believe that the school was located on or near East India Road. We are unsure if this was where the school or photographic studio was located, but they are likely to have been close. The road was named after the East India Docks where ships participating in the India trade docked. Thus you have streets like Clove Crescent, Nutmeg Lane, Coriander Avenue, Oregano Drive, Rosemary Drive and Saffron Avenue. Poplar was damaged by German bombing in both World Wars. A primary school was hit by bombers in World War I incensing British public opinion. This and other incidents is why Britain had the first modern air defense system when the Germans came again in World War II. Here we have a group of children celebrating some event. Given their age and the way they are dressed up, it may be a First Communion group. Most of the boys are wearing suits. We see both single and double-breasted jaxkets as well as some American-style junior Eton jackets. The postcard-back portait is undated, but we would guess the early-1930s.

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